Judges 13:2

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There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't bear.

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The Twelve Tribes of IsraelCanaan divided among the twelve tribes of Israel after the conquest under Joshua.

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Zorah was a town in the Shephelah near the Judah-Dan border, identified as the home of Manoah’s Danite family. Mahaneh-dan, “the camp of Dan,” lay nearby between Zorah and Eshtaol; it later marked the place where the Spirit began stirring Samson.

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Judges 13:2 mentions Mahaneh-dan and Zorah.

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